Grass-fed beef price statistics.
Real $/lb from US ranches. Built to cite.
A free, citable snapshot of what grass-fed and grass-finished beef costs per pound at US ranches that ship, plus a USDA grocery-store comparison. Every ranch dollar figure is a real in-stock listing from our daily scrape of 34 shops. No guesses, no sponsored rankings.
Key stats
- As of Nov 4, 2026, the middle in-stock grass-fed beef listing across 805 products at 31 US ranches was $21.43/lb (Lone Mountain Wagyu).
- Grass-fed ground beef: middle listing $13.95/lb; cheapest $7.25/lb at Joyce Farms; most expensive $25.00/lb at Northstar Bison (108 listings, 27 ranches).
- Grass-fed ribeye: middle listing $49.00/lb; range $26.46–$136.00/lb across 23 ranches.
- Grass-fed New York strip: middle listing $47.11/lb; cheapest $22.98/lb.
- Filet mignon (ranch listings): middle $82.71/lb; range $39.96–$187.41/lb.
- Ground bison: middle listing $24.18/lb from 6 ranches (cheapest $16.50/lb at Flint Hills Bison Company).
- Ground beef price spread (cheapest to most expensive ranch): $17.75/lb.
- Ribeye price spread (cheapest to most expensive ranch): $109.54/lb.
- Ground beef labelled grass-finished: middle listing $14.50/lb vs $11.50/lb for other in-stock ground beef claims (74 vs 34 listings).
- US grocery ground beef (USDA ERS / BLS, September 2026): 6.79 USD/lb. Our ranch middle listing for grass-fed ground beef was $13.95/lb on Nov 4, 2026.
- US grocery all uncooked beef steaks (USDA ERS / BLS, September 2026): 12.69 USD/lb. Our ribeye middle listing was $49.00/lb.
- Snake River Farms American Wagyu ribeye (pasture-raised, grain-finished per SRF): from $68.94/lb. Grass-finished ribeye middle listing on our tracker: $48.99/lb.
- Allen Brothers ribeye (USDA Prime / Choice / Wagyu steakhouse line, not a grass-fed ranch brand): from $59.98/lb in our data.
- We track 34 shops; 31 had in-stock beef with parseable $/lb on Nov 4, 2026. Prices exclude shipping and tax.
Price per pound by cut
Middle listing is the in-stock offer in the middle when sorted by $/lb. Cheapest and most expensive are the ends of that list. Mean is shown as USD/lb (average of every listing for the cut).
| Cut | Middle listing | Mean | Cheapest | Most expensive | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground beef | $13.95/lb | 14.27 USD/lb | $7.25/lbJoyce Farms | $25.00/lbNorthstar Bison | 108 from 27 ranches |
| Burger patties | $14.94/lb | 15.70 USD/lb | $9.96/lbParker Pastures | $26.00/lbNorthstar Bison | 22 from 13 ranches |
| Chuck roast | $17.50/lb | 19.81 USD/lb | $14.08/lbUS Wellness Meats | $33.17/lbNorthstar Bison | 23 from 18 ranches |
| Brisket | $15.59/lb | 15.94 USD/lb | $6.50/lbJoyce Farms | $25.38/lbNorthstar Bison | 49 from 20 ranches |
| Short ribs | $17.66/lb | 19.48 USD/lb | $11.39/lbBeck Ranch | $49.98/lbAllen Brothers | 39 from 19 ranches |
| Sirloin | $34.98/lb | 37.12 USD/lb | $19.00/lbTexas Grassfed Beef | $71.98/lbAyers Valley Farm | 52 from 20 ranches |
| New York strip | $47.11/lb | 49.08 USD/lb | $22.98/lbSnake River Farms | $106.73/lbSnake River Farms | 55 from 21 ranches |
| Ribeye | $49.00/lb | 55.17 USD/lb | $26.46/lbUS Wellness Meats | $136.00/lbSnake River Farms | 78 from 23 ranches |
| Filet mignon | $82.71/lb | 91.91 USD/lb | $39.96/lbAllen Brothers | $187.41/lbKC Cattle Company | 54 from 18 ranches |
| Ground bison | $24.18/lb | 24.44 USD/lb | $16.50/lbFlint Hills Bison Company | $28.50/lbNorthstar Bison | 18 from 6 ranches |
Full daily index and CSV: grass-fed beef price index. Shop all ranches: shops.
Ranch grass-fed vs US grocery beef
USDA ERS publishes monthly BLS retail averages for commodity grocery beef. Those figures are not grass-fed. We show them so readers can see the mail-order grass-fed premium against the national grocery baseline (September 2026, fetched 2026-11-03 from the ERS meat price spreads file).
| Series | USDA retail (September 2026) | Our ranch middle listing (Nov 4, 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Ground beef | 6.79 USD/lb | $13.95/lb |
| All uncooked beef steaks | 12.69 USD/lb | $49.00/lb ribeye (proxy) |
| Sirloin steak, USDA Choice boneless | 14.11 USD/lb | $34.98/lb |
| Chuck roast, USDA Choice boneless | 9.19 USD/lb | $17.50/lb |
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Meat Price Spreads — retail prices for beef cuts (BLS). CSV snapshot used: https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/5024/retail-prices-for-beef-pork-poultry-cuts-eggs-and-dairy-products.csv.
Grass-fed ranches vs grain-finished and Wagyu
Two shops on our tracker are useful as grain-finished / steakhouse benchmarks, not as grass-fed peers. Snake River Farms says its beef is pasture-raised and grain-finished (American Wagyu). Allen Brothers sells USDA Prime, Choice and Wagyu steaks. Grass-finished ranch prices sit beside them below.
| Cut | Grass-finished middle listing | Snake River Farms (grain-finished Wagyu) | Allen Brothers (Prime / Wagyu) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ribeye | $48.99/lb | $68.94/lb | $59.98/lb |
| New York strip | $40.80/lb | $22.98/lb | $65.42/lb |
Prefer dry-aged grass-fed steaks? See Porter Road and where to buy dry-aged beef. Compare ranches: ranch vs ranch.
Methodology
Once a day we fetch each tracked shop’s public product feed, match titles to cuts, divide listed pack price by listed weight, and drop listings whose weight or $/lb fails our bounds. “Grass-fed” and “grass-finished” come from the shop’s own wording (or a ranch-confirmed beefFeed flag). Shipping, tax, subscribe-and-save and coupons are excluded. Middle listing = lower-middle real offer when sorted by $/lb. Mean = arithmetic average of listing $/lb (shown as USD/lb). USDA grocery figures are monthly BLS retail averages via ERS, not grass-fed. Full detail: how we compare prices. History since Oct 24, 2026 (12 days).
Left out of this page because we do not track them cleanly yet: free-shipping thresholds, subscription vs one-off cart pricing, and store-level promo codes.
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Daily index + CSV: grass-fed beef price index. Ranchers: list your ranch.
Questions
How much does grass-fed beef cost per pound right now?
As of Nov 4, 2026, across 805 in-stock beef listings at 31 US ranches, the middle listing was $21.43/lb. Grass-fed ground beef’s middle listing was $13.95/lb (cheapest $7.25/lb at Joyce Farms). Ribeye’s middle listing was $49.00/lb. Shipping and tax are extra.
How do ranch grass-fed prices compare with grocery-store beef?
USDA ERS publishes monthly BLS retail averages. For September 2026, grocery ground beef averaged 6.79 USD/lb and all uncooked beef steaks averaged 12.69 USD/lb (source: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/meat-price-spreads). Our figures are mail-order ranch listings with grass-fed or grass-finished claims, normalized to $/lb from pack price and listed weight. They are not the same product as supermarket commodity beef, so the gap is a price comparison, not a like-for-like quality match.
Is Snake River Farms or Allen Brothers grass-fed?
No. Snake River Farms states its beef is pasture-raised and grain-finished (American Wagyu and USDA Prime lines). Allen Brothers sells USDA Prime, Choice and Wagyu steaks as a steakhouse supplier; it is not a grass-fed ranch brand. We include them on the tracker so shoppers can see grain-finished and Wagyu prices next to grass-fed ranch prices, and we label them as such.
Can I cite these grass-fed beef price statistics?
Yes. Cite GrassFedPrices.com, link to https://grassfedprices.com/grass-fed-beef-price-statistics, and keep the as-of date (Nov 4, 2026). A suggested citation sits on this page. The daily price index and CSV live at https://grassfedprices.com/grass-fed-beef-price-index.
How often are these statistics updated?
We re-read each tracked shop’s public product listings about once a day. This page regenerates from that same dataset. Tracking started Oct 24, 2026 (12 calendar days through Nov 4, 2026).